Table Talk

Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton
  • 5.0 (3)
  • Spirituality

Two friends examining the faith they inherited, one patch at a time. Jacob and Sam are former church staff who believe Jesus invites us into a fuller picture of being human — one with room for doubt, critical thought, and perspectives that don't always fit the frameworks we were handed. Table Talk is a lab, not a platform. A place to look honestly at what's fraying, keep what's load-bearing, and practice integrating the rest in real time. Less explaining, more exploring. Good company for anyone discovering the surprising transformation downstream of surrendering certainty. Here's to faithful curiosity and patchwork spirituality.

Episodes

  1. 2h ago

    God is Love?

    The most familiar line in the faith — that God is love — turns out to be the hardest to pin down, so we sit with the difference between defining love and discerning it. In this episode, Jacob and Sam hit record with no script and follow the feedback that came in after the pilot wherever it leads: a family member's pushback on whether the real problem is naming or labeling, and a grandmother's read that the true substance of the quilt — the thing that actually keeps you warm — is love. Along the way: Genesis 2 and a God who waits to see what the human will call things, Meg tasting salmon for the first time, why Jesus at all if love is the point, and a naturalist's question — "How do I say your name?" — that turns out to be a way of meeting God. Less defining, more discerning. Pull up a chair.⸻Chapters00:00 Intro00:37 Cold open06:12 Welcome back — no script07:57 Naming, or labeling?09:33 What Adam was really doing16:31 Tasting something for the first time21:01 The tree of knowing23:07 Love as the substance of the quilt25:28 Where the metaphor breaks32:19 Why Jesus35:11 Discern, don't define41:46 Truthing in love46:49 "How do I say your name?"57:28 Love without guarantees⸻Scripture1 John 4:8 — "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."Genesis 2:19 — "He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name."⸻ConnectWeb: tabletalk.fmEmail: hello@tabletalk.fmInstagram / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfm faithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

    1h 1m

  2. May 5

    Why We're Here

    The Sunday morning gathering that became a symbol of our faith — and why we decided to keep the conversation going. In this pilot episode, Jacob and Sam tell the origin story of Table Talk: how it began as an anti-event at the church where they both worked, why they kept pulling up chairs long after the church-staff chapter ended, and what they mean when they say faithful curiosity. They share some questions still alive for them, introduce the quilting metaphor that runs through everything they do, and ground the whole project in two verses held in creative tension — Galatians 5:6 and Proverbs 25:2. Less explaining, more exploring. Pull up a chair. ⸻ Chapters 00:00 Intro00:37 Cold open 02:08 Welcome to Table Talk 04:09 How Table Talk began 10:23 Curiosity over answers 13:36 The table becomes a lab 15:49 Jacob's mystery: prayer 17:24 Sam's mystery: spiritual beings 20:29 Faithful curiosity as a banner 24:00 Is this deconstruction? 29:30 The quilting metaphor 37:21 Two verses, one framework 46:00 The royal vocation of curiosity 51:44 Pulling up chairs ⸻ Scripture Galatians 5:6 — "The only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love." Proverbs 25:2 — "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings." ⸻ Connect Web: tabletalk.fm Email: hello@tabletalk.fm Instagram / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfmfaithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

    54 min
  • 2 Episodes

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5
out of 5
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Two friends examining the faith they inherited, one patch at a time. Jacob and Sam are former church staff who believe Jesus invites us into a fuller picture of being human — one with room for doubt, critical thought, and perspectives that don't always fit the frameworks we were handed. Table Talk is a lab, not a platform. A place to look honestly at what's fraying, keep what's load-bearing, and practice integrating the rest in real time. Less explaining, more exploring. Good company for anyone discovering the surprising transformation downstream of surrendering certainty. Here's to faithful curiosity and patchwork spirituality.

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  • Creator
    Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton
  • Show Website
    Table Talk